Phd 1995 Electrical Engineering, University of Washington

Lisa M. Zurk

/ Phone: 503-725-5423

EDUCATION:

PhD 1995 Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
M.S. 1991 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northwestern University
B.S. 1985 Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Underwater acoustics and sonar signal processing
Terahertz sensing for explosive detection and material imaging
Characterization of sensing phenomenon for physics-based processing and fusion
Wave propagation modeling for electromagnetics and acoustics
Development of (adaptive) signal processing techniques; image and array processing
Applications in sensor exploitation (radar, sonar, electro-optic/video) and remote sensing

EMPLOYMENT /WORK EXPERIENCE:

2010 - Present / Maseeh Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Portland State University (PSU), OR.
2005 -Present / Director of Northwest Electromagnetics and Acoustics Research Laboratory (NEAR Lab) ( PSU, OR.
2005 – Present / Affiliate Principal Scientist, APL, University of Washington, WA.
2006– 2010 / Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, PSU, OR.
2005 – 2006 / Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, PSU, OR.
2001 2005 / Assistant/Associate Group Leader, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MA.
2000 – 2001 / Fulbright Scholar, University of Helsinki, Finland.
1996 - 2001 / Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, MA
1996 – 2001 / Instructor, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
1991 – 1995 / Research Assistant, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington.
Summer 1991 / Digital Software Engineer, BOSE Corporation, Framingham, MA.
1989 – 1990 / Research Assistant, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Northeastern University
Summer 1990 / Microwave Engineer, Varian Associates, Beverly, MA.
1985 – 1989 / Research & Development Software Engineer, NOVA Biomedical, Waltham, MA.
1983 – 1985 / Research Assistant, Computer Vision Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

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PUBLICATIONS

Journal Publications

2013:

H. Ou, W. Au, L. M. Zurk, and M. Lammers, Automated Extraction and Classication of Time-Frequency Contours in Humpback Vocalizations, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 133 (1), Jan 2013

S. Henry, L. M. Zurk, and S. Schecklman, Terahertz Spectral Imaging Using Correlation Processing, accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, January, 2013

2012:

J. Quijano, S. Dosso, J. Dettmer, L. M. Zurk, and M. Siderius, Trans-dimensional geoacoustic inversion of wind-driven ambient noise, accepted for publication in the JASA Express Letters, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., November, 2012.

H. Ou, L.M. Zurk, and A. Lutwak, Acoustic Monitoring of Marine Conservation Areas,submitted to J. Acoust. Soc. Am., April 2012

L. M. Zurk and D. Rouseff, Striation-Based Beamforming for Active Sonar with a Horizontal Line Array,J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 132, EL264, June 2012

J. E. Quijano, S. E. Dosso, J. Dettmer, L. M. Zurk, M. Siderius, and C. H. Harrison, Bayesian

geoacoustic inversion using wind-driven ambient noise, J. Acoust. Soc. Am., Vol. 131, No.4, 2012.

S. C. Henry, L. M. Zurk, D. D. Duncan, S. Schecklman, 3-D Terahertz Synthetic Aperture Imaging with Frequency Averaging, Optical Engineering, Special Section on Terahertz and Millimeter Wave Imaging, Vol. 51, No. 9, Sept.2012

G. P. Kniffin, L.M. Zurk,Model-Based Material Parameter Estimation for Terahertz Reflection Spectroscopy, IEEE Transactions on THz Science and Technology, vol. 2, no. 2,pp.231-241, March 2012.

K. M. Nam, L. M. Zurk, S. Schecklman, Modeling Terahertz Diffuse Scattering from Granular Media Using Radiative Transfer Theory, Progress in Electromagnetics Research B. vol. 38, pp. 205-223, 2012.

2011:

D. Rouseff,L. M. Zurk,Striation based beamforming for estimating the waveguide invariant with passive sonar, Journal of Acoustic Society, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. EL76-EL81, August 2011.

G. Ogden, L. M. Zurk, M. Jones, M. Peterson, Extraction of Small Boat Harmonic Signatures From Passive Sonar, Journal of Acoustic Society of America, vol.129, no.6, pp. 3768-3776, June 2011.

S. Schecklman, L. M. Zurk, S. C, Henry, G. P. Kniffin, Terahertz material detection from diffuse surface scattering, Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 109, no. 9, May 2011

2010:

G.Sundberg, L. M. Zurk, S. Schecklman, and S.C. Henry, Modeling Rough Surface and Granular Scattering at Terahertz Frequencies using the Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 48, no. 10, pp 3709-3719, October 2010.

J.E.Quijano, R.L.Campbell Jr., T.G.Oesterlein, and L.M.Zurk,Experimental observations of active invariance striations in a tank environment,Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 128, no. 2, pp. 611-618, August 2010.

2009:

J.E. Quijano, L. M. Zurk, Radiative Transfer Theory Applied to Ocean Bottom Modeling, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 126 no. 4, pp. 1711-1723, 2009.

C. He, J. Quijano, L.M. Zurk, Enhanced Kalman Filter Algorithm using the Invariance Principle,IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 575-585, 2009.

2008-Previous:

J. E. Quijano, L. M. Zurk, and D.Rouseff, Demonstration or the invariance principle for monostatic active sonar, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, v 123, n 3, p 1329-1337, 2008

L.M. Zurk, B. Orlowski, D.P. Winebrenner, E.I. Thorsos, M.R. Leahy-Hoppa, L.M. Hayden, Terahertz Scattering from Granular Material, Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 2238-2243, September 2007.

L.M.Zurk, B. Tracey, Depth Shifting of Shallow Water Guide Source ObservationsJournal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 118, no. 4, pp. 2224-2233, October 2005.

L.M.Zurk, N. Lee, Ward, Motion Mitigation for Adaptive Matched Field Processing, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 113, no. 5, pp. 2719-31, May 2003.

L.M.Zurk, # MIF code [00E0] repeat [00] Experimental Observation and Statistics of Multipath from Terrain with Application to Overland Height Finding# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00], IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 121-131,1999.

Y. Barabanenkov, L. M.Zurk,M. Y. Barabanenkov, (Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia)Single scattering and diffusion approximation for modified radiative transfer theory of wave multiple scattering in dense media near resonance- summary.Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 11, n0. 3, pp. 293-296, 1997.

L.M.Zurk, L.Tsang, D.P.Winebrenner, J.Shi, R.E. Davis, Electromagnetic Scattering Calculated from Pair Distribution Functions Retrieved from Planar Snow Sections# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Dominant Wave Directions and Significant Heights from SAR Imagery of the Ocean# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Radiative Transfer with Time Delay Near Resonance Scattering: Wave Energy Transport Velocity Approximation# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Turkish Journal of Physics, vol. 101, pp. 89138931, April 1996.

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Scattering Properties of Dense Media from Monte Carlo Simulations with Application to Active Remote Sensing of Snow# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 803819, July 1996

Y. N. Barabanenkov, L.M.Zurk, Poynting’s Theorem and Electromagnetic Wave Multiple Scattering in Dense Media Near Resonance# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 17711781, August 1995.

K.H.Ding, L.M.Zurk, L.Tsang, Pair Distribution Functions and Attenuation Rates for Sticky Particles in Dense Media# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00], # MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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, vol. 8, no. 12, December 1994.

L.M.Zurk,P. ESerafim, Relativistic Electron Motion in a Resonant Cavity with Time Varying and Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00],# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 129144, January 1994.

Conference Publications

2012:

L. M. Zurk,S. Henry, and S. Schecklman, Terahertz Spectral Imaging using Correlation Processing,IRMMW-THz 2012 - 37th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Sept. 2012

S. C. Henry, G. P. Kniffin, and L. M. Zurk, 3-D Broadband Terahertz Synthetic Aperture Imaging,IRMMW-THz 2012 - 37th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Sept. 2012

2010:

L. M. Zurk, S.C. Henry, D. Duncan, S. Schecklman, Physics-based processing for terahertz reflection spectroscopy and imaging, invited for presentation in SPIE Photonics Asia, Beijing, 2010

Z. Li, L. M. Zurk, B. Ma, Vertical Arrival Structure of Shipping Noise in Deep Water Channels, IEEE Oceans, p. 8, Seattle, 2010.

J. E. Quijano, L. M. Zurk. Modeling acoustic scattering from the seabed using Transport Theory, IEEE Oceans, Seattle, 2010

/ S. Matzner, A. Maxwell, J. Myers, K. Caviggia, J. Elster, M. Foley, M. Jones, G. Ogden, E. Sorensen, L. Zurk, J. Tagestad, A. Stephan, M. Peterson, D. Bradley, Small vessel contribution to underwater noiseMTS/IEEE Seattle, 2010

F. Kernan, M. Wachsmuth, J. Higgins, B. Pejcinovic, L. Zurk, R. Campbell, Utilizing parallel plate waveguide modes for terahertz sensing,IRMMW-THz 2010 - 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves

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E. Sorensen, H. Ou, L.M. Zurk, M. Siderius, Passive acoustic sensing for detection of small vessels, MTS/IEEE Seattle, OCEANS 2010, 2010

G. Kniffin, S. Schecklman, J. Chen, S.C. Henry, L. M. Zurk, B. Pejcinovic, A. Timchenko, Measurement and Modeling of THz Spectral Signatures from Layered Material, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 7687, 2010.

S.C. Henry, S. Schecklman, G. Kniffin, L. M. Zurk, A.Chen, Measurement and Modeling of Rough Surface Effects on Terahertz Spectroscopy, SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), vol. 7601, 2010, Terahertz Technology and Applications III.

T. G. Oesterlein, C. He, J. E. Quijano, R. L. Campbell Jr., L. M. Zurk and M. Siderius, Extraction of Time-Frequency Target Features, Asilomar Conf. on Signals, Systems, and Computers, IEEE Signal Processing Society, pp. 2140-2147, November 2010.

2009:

B. Pejcinovic,L.M. Zurk, Application and Recent Developments in THz Research, Proceedings of 32nd International MIPRO Conf., May 2009, Croatia.

S.C. Henry, L. M. Zurk, R. Campbell, P. Hanaway, Measurement and Modeling of Dielectric Tube Waveguides for Terahertz Pulses, SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering), vol. 7215, 2009.

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L. M. Zurk, C. He, Active Tracking using the Invariance Extended Kalman Filter (IEKF), ASA and ECUA, Paris, France, July 2008 .

L. M. Zurk, S. Schecklman, G. Sundberg, Z. Zhou, A. Chen, E. I. Thorsos, Dale P. Winebrenner, Scattering Effects in Terahertz Reflection Spectroscopy, SPIE Defense and Security, Orlando, FL, vol. 6949, 2008.

M. H. Arbab, A.Chen, Z. Zhou, E. Thorsos, D.Winebrenner, L.M.Zurk, Effect of Surface Scattering on Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy of Chemicals, SPIE, San Jose, CA, vol. 6893, 2008.

2007:

J. Quijano, L. M. Zurk. Application of Radiative Transfer Theory to Acoustic Propagation in the Ocean Bottom, IEEE Oceans, Vancouver, Canada, September 2007.

J. Lotz, L. M. Zurk, T. Ellis, J. McNames, J.L. Ecochard, Coral Reef Fish Detection from Acoustic Echograms, IEEE Oceans, Vancouver, Canada, September 2007.

T. Ellis, J. McNames, L.M.Zurk, J. Lotz ,J.L. Ecochard, Echosounder Depth Tracking with the Extended Kalman Filter, IEEE Oceans, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 1-7, 2007.

L.M. Zurk, B.Orlowski, G.Sundberg, Z.Zhou, A.Chen, Terahertz scattering from a Rough Granular Surface, invited for IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Honolulu, pp. 4929-4932, June 2007.

Z.Zhou,, A.Chen, J.Zhang, L.M. Zurk, B. Orlowski, Impacst of terahertz scattering on the reflection spectrum for explosive detection, SPIE, vol. 6772, 2007.

S. Matzner, L. M. Zurk, Frequency Domain Feature Extraction from Synthetic Aperture Radar Data, IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, pp. 1489-1492, June 2007.

G. Ogden, S. Matzner, L. M. Zurk, D. Blejer, Multipath Return for Radar Targets over a Rough Surface, IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, pp. 4825-4828, June 2007.

L.M. Zurk, B. Orlowski, G. Sundberg, D.P Winebrenner, E.I Thorsos, A. Chen, Electromagnetic Scattering Calculations for Terahertz Sensing, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, v 6472, Terahertz and Gigahertz Electronics and Photonics VI, pp. 64720A , 2007.

2006-Previous:

J. Quijano, L. M. ZurkUse of the invariance principle for target tracking in active sonar geometries, IEEE Oceans Conference, Boston, MA, pp. 1-5, September 2006.

L. M. Zurk, D.Rouseff, J. Quijano, G. Greenwood, Bistatic Invariance Principle for Active Sonar Geometries, European Conference on Underwater Acousics (ECUA), Carvoviero, Portugal, June 2006.

L.M. Zurk, B. Jouni, F. Farahbakhshian, D.P. Winebrenner, E.I. Thorsos, A. Chen, M. R. Leahy-Hoppa, L.M. Hayden, Scattering Calculations for Evaluation of Terahertz Detection of Explosive Material, International Symposium on Technology and the Mine Problem, Monterey, May 2006.

L.M.Zurk, M.Velankar,Passive Sonar Array Sub-space Processing based on Modal Decomposition, IEEE Oceans/MTS, Washington, DC, pp. 1-5, September 2005.

A.I.Timchenko, L.M.Zurk,Signal Processing Methods for Detection of Subsurface Objects by Ultra-wideband SAR, IEEE Geos. and Rem. Sens. Symp., Seoul, Korea, pp. 25-29, July 2005.

L.M.Zurk,P.Koistinen, J. Sarvas, and L.Holmstrom, Electromagnetic Scattering Model for Forest Remote Sensing, Rolf Nevanlinna Inst. Research Report, A38, Helsinki, Finland, 2002.

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5th European Conf. on Underwater Acoustics, Lyon, France, July 2000.

L.M.Zurk, N.Lee, J. Ward, A. Gronosky, Adaptive Matched Field Processing for a Moving Target in a Noisy Shallow Water Channel# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Evaluation of ReducedRank, Adaptive Matched Field Processing Algorithms for Passive Sonar Detection in a ShallowWater Environment# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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, Seattle, WA, pp. 728-731, September 1999.

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Evaluation of Adaptive Matched Field Processing Techniques with Santa Barbara Channel Experiment Data# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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L.M.Zurk,B.Geddes, Experimental Observation and Modeling of Overland Height Finding# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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1998 IEEE Radar Conference# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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, Dalls, TX, pp. 411-416, May 1998.

J.Ward, A.Baggeroer,L.M.Zurk, # MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Rapidly Adaptive Matched Field Processing for NonStationary Environments and Active Sonars# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation and Scattering from Terrain: Experimental Observation and Comparison with Theory# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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1997 IEEE APS International Symposium and URSI Radio Science Meeting,# MIF code [00E0] repeat [00]

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Montreal, Canada, pp. 2576-2579, July 1997.

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Lincoln, NE, pp. 754-756, May 1996.# MIF code [0155] repeat [00]

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, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 1995.

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